Tonight's stop, Sycamore Grove Campground in Red Bluff, CA.
Came down I-5 with a side trip on what Google Maps called "Volcanic Legacy Byway." It sounded intriguing and I expected to see something volcanic. But it turned out to be mile after mile of 2-lane highway winding through a dense pine forest (Shasta Trinity National Forest). Quite nice but not an igneous rock to be found. There are a number of national park campgrounds along the road (CA-89) that might be worth checking out on a future trip.
Sunny and windy again. There are some magnificent views when coming south from Oregon through the passes into California.
I've stayed at this campground before. It's a government campground. It has nice grassy camp sites with lots of shade and tends to be only about half filled. Maybe this is because one must reserve a site ahead of time and the online process is burdensome. There is one big negative. Once in awhile in the evening a terrible racket starts up somewhere outside the grounds. It sounds like a jet turbine and can go off and on well past 11 pm. I heard it last year and have seen it mentioned in online reviews. The camp host, oddly, has no idea what causes it though he's been here several years.
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| Not every gas station has a view this nice.
That's Mount Shasta in the background.
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| Coming south out of Oregon you quickly start to see more arid
looking landscape.
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| Sycamore Grove Campground. I'm pretty sure that is a sycamore
hanging over the tent.
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